ARCH.2007.9.31.4: Painted canvas fragment
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- ARCH.2007.9.31.4
- People
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Barnett Newman, American (New York NY 1905 - 1970 New York NY)
- Title
- Painted canvas fragment
- Classification
- Fragments
- Date
- 20th century
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/350741
Physical Descriptions
- Dimensions
- irregular: 21.6 × 15.2 cm (8 1/2 × 6 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Collection of Barnett and Annalee Newman
Estate of Annalee Newman
The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Gift of the Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation
- Copyright
- © The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Object Number
- ARCH.2007.9.31.4
- Contact
- am_straus@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment with irregular knife cut edges and white priming layer. Multiple paints layered, all applied by a wide brush. On one side to orange paints are layered, one glossier than the other. On the other side, three paints are layered. The lowest layer is a matte crimson, second is a glossier crimson, the third is a stroke of possibly transparent orange. The brush strokes are all applied diagonally with respect to the canvas weave.
Subjects and Contexts
- Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection
